Preventing the Preventable: Breaking Down Barriers to Vaccine Delivery in Africa

Vaccines have revolutionized children’s health in Canada. Globally, immunization saves up to 3 million children every year. So, why are so many children in sub-Saharan Africa still dying from diseases that are easily preventable with vaccines?

3.
Quotable
“Vaccines are the most cost-effective health care
interventions there are. A dollar spent on a childhood
vaccination not only helps save a life, but greatly
reduces spending on future healthcare.”
–Ezekiel Emanuel, American Bioethicist

4.
“Vaccines provide a strong return on investment. And
companies recognize that when women and children
thrive, economies thrive.”
–Lois Brown, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister
of International Development
Quotable
Source: http://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewherper/2014/11/11/what-
employers-are-doing-to-counter-ebola/

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Quotable

6.
Over the last 50 years, immunization has saved more lives than
any other health measure.
Did you know?
Source: http://www.phac-aspc.gc.ca/im/index-eng.php

7.
One in five children worldwide are not fully protected
with even the most basic vaccines.
1.5 million children die each year—one every 20 seconds
—from vaccine-preventable diseases.
Did you know?
Source: http://www.gatesfoundation.org/What-We-Do/Global-
Development/Vaccine-Delivery